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Frayser Information
Frayser is a neighborhood in north Memphis, Tennessee. Frayser developed in
the mid twentieth century as an industrial, working class suburb due to its
proximity to the industrial area of Memphis, including a large International
Harvester plant. As the factories in the area began to close, the population of
Frayser began to markedly dwindle in the 1970s and 80s, and it stands at just
under 50,000 today. With a large minority of its residents earning incomes below
the poverty line, only 6% holding college degrees, and a continued lack of
business and industrial investment, the neighborhood is now one of the most
economically depressed & highest crime-rated areas of Memphis. Additionally, the
neighborhood faces environmental problems because of industrial waste runoff and
contamination at or near the sites of now abandoned factories, which has made
some land in Frayser virtually uninhabitable without cleanup.
Three 6 Mafia affiliated rap musician Frayser Boy grew up in Frayser, and he
coined his rap name in homage to this neighborhood. It is also the home town of
multi award winning songwriter Gary Harrison. Among his many hit songs is "the
wrong side of Memphis", a number one record for Trisha Year wood. It is an
autobiographical song about leaving Frayser for Nashville.Chrome (rapper) is
from this neighborhood also.